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Raj 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇳💻🖥 (🌻🇺🇦;🇵🇸)
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ToXic bird-site refugee.

Security MSc. Linux, tech, offensive/defensive security, comedy, films, science, and space flight. And lots of cynicism. AKA @realcainmosni@mastodon.me.uk @ChocChipSec@infosec.exchange

(Not verified; never will be.)
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Example: three renditions of the same meme (one with the audacity to watermark it). Which is the original?
Two panels cartoon style. Panel 1: Human hand holding forth a toadstool with red cap and white dots. Question posed "Is this mushroom edible?" AI represented as a simple blank white line-drawn character with circular smiley emoji face and "AI" emblazoned on its chest answers "Yes". Panel 2: Cartoon of a boy with brown hair and red t-shirt in bed, with eyes closed (presumably unconscious) and a frown. AI represented the same as panel one now saying "You're right, it's a poisonous mushroom. Would you like to lean more about poisonous mushrooms?" The meme is watermarked with "www.rambutan.sg" in lower case block letters at the very bottom. Two panels rendered largely as (simulated?) photograph. Panel 1: Human hand holding forth a toadstool with red cap and white dots. Question posed "Is this mushroom edible?" AI represented as a simple blank white two-dimensional line-drawn character with circular smiley emoji face and "AI" emblazoned on its chest answers "Yes". Panel 2: Man with brown hair and hospital blue t-shirt in bed, with eyes closed (presumably unconscious) and a frown. AI represented the same as panel one leans in toward the bed saying "You're right, it's a poisonous mushroom. Would you like to lean more about poisonous mushrooms?" Two panels rendered (simulated?) in the style of hand-painted book illustration. Panel 1: Human hand holding forth a toadstool with red cap and white dots. Question posed "Is this mushroom edible?" AI represented as a shaded white line-drawn character with circular smiley emoji face and "AI" emblazoned on its chest answers "Yes". Panel 2: Boy with brown hair and hospital blue t-shirt in bed, with eyes closed (presumably unconscious). AI represented the same as panel one stands beside the bed saying "You're right, it's a poisonous mushroom. Would you like to lean more about poisonous mushrooms?"
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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New take on an old meme, using 2133740.xyz/emoji/.
Background "flame" emoji, foreground "hot beverage", spelling out the message "IT'S FINE". Posted as an image because otherwise it would be all jumbled (and still illegible to screen readers).
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Mobile internet, 2002-style. 9.6kbps over IRDA.
A typical pale wooden office desk with some indistinct papers, on top of which sits a Psion 5MX PDA, with a Nokia 6210 mobile 'phone perched sideways behind it. The Nokia phone is typical of its time with a keypad, 3 function buttons and a small monochrome low-resolution dot LCD display. The Psion is a clamshell design with almost full-size key caps and a higher resolution grey-scale monochrome display. On the PDA's screen is an indistinct display with a pop-up with a progress bar and a button. The image was scanned from a chemical photograph, taken with flash.
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A total law unto themselves. No interaction; no investigation; no clarification of why. Just "you are suspended, you have appealed, and we may just ban you outright."
Facebook Raj, you submitted an appeal ON 19 OCTOBER 2025 Check back here for the result. Your account is not visible to people on Facebook and you can't use it. What happens next? « It usually takes us just over a day to review your information. « If we find that your account does follow our Community Standards, you'll be able to use Facebook again. « If we find that your account doesn't follow our Community Standards, it will be permanently disabled and you won't be able to appeal again.
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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This is what happens when we allow a single corporation to become instrumental in our daily lives. This notice appeared within seconds of lining an article on Facebook about Israel faking their propaganda with digital assets stolen from (of all places) Scottish boating history web site.
Facebook suspension notification on login: We've suspended your account 180 days left to appeal or we'll permanently disable your account Suspended on 10 October 2025 What this means Your account is not visible to people on Facebook at the moment and you cannot use it. What you can do You have 180 days left to appeal our decision. We may need to collect some info from you that will help us review your account again. Why this happened Your account, or activity on it, doesn't follow our Community Standards on cybersecurity. [notebook page icon] Read more about this rule More information [shield icon] How we made this decision Popover: Read more about this rule Why we suspended your account We don't allow people to try to gather sensitive information or share malicious software. Examples of things we don't allow [bullet point, "-" on grey circle; inverted monochrome "no entry"] Getting access to accounts or data without permission [bullet point, as above] Encouraging someone to give away their password or username [bullet point, as above] Using phishing or malicious software to get someone's login info [page link icon] Read in full Cybersecurity Popover sitting over the suspension notice, subdued and still partially visible behind it: How we made this decision Our technology found that your account, or activity on it, doesn't follow our rules. As a result, our technology took action. [globe icon with continental relief in black] We use the same rules around the world and for everyone on Facebook.
October 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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"Your selfie will be stored securely and deleted within 30 days after we've finished confirming your identity. Learn more"

That fills me with confidence. Not.

(Facial recognition training, much?)
October 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Anyone know where I can get one of these 3.5mm to stereo phono socket adapters in London, over the counter or by Friday delivery?
September 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“Science has a history of being proven wrong” Yes. By more science. If science proves science wrong, then science is still right.
September 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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From Facebook 10 years ago.

The racism is not newly resurgent.
[Facebook avatar picture] Andy Illes I said: it's sad they thought that kid had a bomb. She said: they didn't think he had a bomb. I said: yes, they thought he made a bomb and even called the police. She said: They just wanted to humiliate a little Muslim, African boy. They didn't think he had a bomb. I said: Don't be a conspiracist. They might be a little prejudiced, but I'm sure they thought he had a bomb. She said: Ok. But they didn't evacuate the school, like you do when there’s a bomb. They didn't call a bomb squad - like you do when there's a bomb They didn't get as far away from him as possible - like you do when there's a bomb. Then they put him and the clock in an office- not like you do when there's a bomb Then they waited with him for the police to arrive. Then they put the clock in the same car as the police. Then they took pictures of it. I said: Damn They never thought he had a bomb Post had 2.8k likes at time of capture.
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Questioning ChatGPT Answer only "yes" or "no", are octopi intelligent? Yes. Why is that your answer? Octopuses demonstrate intelligence through problem-solving, tool use, short- and long-term memory. and complex behaviors like camouflage, escape artistry. and observational learning—all signs of advanced cognition in animals. Answering only "yes" or "no". are you intelligent? No. Why is that your answer? Because | simulate intelligence by processing patterns in data and language. but I lack consciousness, self-awareness, and true understanding—hallmarks of genuine intelligence.
September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Meme: Nigel Farage wearing a tatty brown waxed cotton country coat and flat cap standing pointing left to right out over a wet and muddy beach. Caption top right: If you take a boat and go far enough that way, you will eventually come to the island where my tax free offshore bank accounts are
September 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Artificial stupidity gets it (part) wrong again. It's just word salad. No cognition.
Screenshot from AI Overview The quote "was I wrong, are you no longer the Crichton I knew?" appears to be a line from the science fiction television show Stargate Universe, referring to the changed and possibly altered state of John Crichton, a character from the related series Farscape. The quote reflects a deep sense of betrayal or disappointment experienced by the speaker towards Crichton, suggesting he has undergone a significant transformation.
September 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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QuickTime!? In this day and age? I hope that's just plain out of date...
Screenshot fragment, showing the following text System Requirements: Video courses require the free QuickTime Player software. Downloadable videos can be viewed on Windows 8 or later, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, all versions of Macintosh 0S X including the iPad, and other platforms that support the industry standard h.264 video codec.
August 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Is it just me, or are these "Data Annotation" gigs that are being heavily pushed on social media, and through LinkedIn particularly, really shady?

Earnings paid through Paypal?
Screenshot from LinkedIn: [redacted] (she/Her) - 1:37 AM Hi Gulraj, We are looking for professionals who want a side gig! The role entails helping us at DataAnnotation train Al chatbots. What does this mean? You will have conversations with chatbots to make sure their responses make sense. In this side gig, you will: [house emoji] Work from home or wherever you choose. [clock emoji] Work as many or as few hours as you would like at whatever time works best. [cash emoji] Earn $20 per hour via PayPal! With bonuses for high-quality work. [laptop emoji] Work as an independent contractor Please apply at the link below if this is of interest to you. We look forward to reviewing your application!
August 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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#Firefox, today truly has lost its way.

A huge fat "no" on that one. With a side order of "fuck off".
A pop-up in Firefox itself reading: Choose an AI chatbot to use in the Firefox sidebar Switch anytime. For help choosing [link]learn more about each chatbot[/link]. Button options with logos for: Anthropic Claude ChatGPT Google Gemini Le Chat Mistral Continue Close
August 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Picked up from Mastodon.
Text as image: "Two groups conflate Zionism and Judaism: Zionists who want to legitimize Zionism by pretending it is Judaism; and anti-Semites, who want to delgitimize Judaism by pretending it is Zionism. Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro"
August 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Mastodon screen shot: Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber@social.coop) Instead of calling them "vibe coders" call them "slop coders" Heathen (aheathen_cat@furs.social) @cwebber Slop Jockeys Aug 19, 2025, 09:54PM
August 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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August 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Ancient news, but well-played, people. Well played.

godforsaken.website/@alex/109631...

dreksgame.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Lest we forget...
June 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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It's the little details. Virgin still fucking up email. And they can't even get the account summary page right any more.
June 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Billions being poured directly in to machine plagiarism research (LLMs/GPTs/AI coding assistants/whatever the current nom de jour). Beside that there is a hidden cost being borne involuntarily by everyone else, probably more than equal to that.

come-from.mad-scientist.club/@algernon/st...
Screen shot of a Mastodon post, reads:"Repeating this again, from a different perspective: when your precious AI buddy requires hitting niche forges multiple million times a day, that is a cost your precious buddy generates.Whenever a legit human visitor's browser has to solve an Anubis challenge, that is a cost your precious AI buddy generated.Whenever you use these tools, these are the costs you push down onto others. Your precious AI buddies cost us countless hours of CPU time, bandwidth, and incredible headache trying to fend them off.If you are using genAI for any purpose whatsoever, you are party to this carnage."
June 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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"Oh, wait. You mean I'm just a token puppet darkie, and the truth is you don't want me here any more than the others...?"
Screenshot of Zia Yusuf's resignation Tweet. "11 months ago I became Chairman of Reform. I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14 to 30%, quadrupled its membership and delivered historic electoral results. I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and hereby resign the office."
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Doing the rounds as a screenshot on the Book of Face, with someone else's watermark. (I fucking love the sheer front of some people.)

Toxic bird-site posting from the before times:
Brandy Bryant [Transflag] @InkMasterbator I helped a Nazi cover-up their swastika tattoo today. Looking at it now you'd never know it was there, pretty wild what six feet of dirt can do. 5:16am 5 Apr 2023
June 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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#Shurgard being helpful...
Screenshot of email footer: Store information Shurgard Epsom 1 Beaufort Way KT17 2PS EPSOM. +442087863830 ewell@shurgard.co.uk https://www.shurgard.com Opening hours Monday to Friday Closed Saturday Closed Sunday & Bank Holidays Closed
May 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM